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Rainer Jenss, National Geographic Kids magazine Vice President and Publisher, recently embarked on the journey of a lifetime with his family: a year-long trip around the world. The Jenss family has been on the road in North America for two weeks so far, and they have already offered reflections and photos of their adventures in Massachusetts, Maine, Quebec, Illinois, Michigan, and South Dakota. Mom, Dad, 11-year-old Tyler, and 8-year-old Stefan are all blogging regularly from the road, offering their different perspectives on the people, places, and things they encounter (and your daily dose of geography in action!) along the way. Rainer’s posts can be found at the National Geographic Traveler magazine’s Intelligent Travel blog, while his sons Tyler and Stefan blog for National Geographic Kids magazine in a series called “Global Bros.”

The Jenss Family
Photo courtesy of Intelligent Travel

So far they’ve encountered bison in the Badlands, a heritage festival in French-speaking Canada (where they got their first passport stamps of the trip!), and “the best pizza ever” in Chicago (I would argue that it’s in Naples but who knows, they may change their tune when they hit Italy!). I found it especially interesting to read about the cultural geography of Quebec City (in the post above on Canada) and the physical geography of Maine’s Acadia National Park. Stefan Jenss is keeping of a log of all wildlife he sees on the trip (which already includes a sea snake and a camel!) and has added several French words to his vocabulary.  Stay tuned for their next dispatch from Wyoming!

Tyler at Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota
Photo Courtesy of Global Bros

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Rainer Jenss, National Geographic Kids magazine Vice President and Publisher, recently embarked on the journey of a lifetime with his family: a year-long trip around the world